Setting Up a Management Service (MS) Cluster

Clustering provides a backup Management Service (MS) in case the primary one fails.

The cluster is installed onto a configured network environment with a unique hostname. A cluster can have two or more virtual machines, each with a preconfigured MS. One MS is active, and the others are passive. All requests made to the cluster are delivered to the active MS only. A configured passive MS instance can replace the active instance. The formerly active instance becomes a passive one.

Requirements

  • An MS cluster requires a configured network environment with a unique hostname where the active MS and failover MS can be installed. The environment hostname must, at all times, point to a VM with an active MS instance. If a failover MS instance replaces an active MS instance, the hostname must point to the new active MS instance.
  • The passive VM must be able to connect to the active VM.
  • Both VMs must be able to connect to the same SQL server.